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ATTENTION SUBSCRIBERS: Look for paper on Saturday
Due to an unavoidable schedule change with our outside printer, the Perry News-Herald will be inserted for delivery with Saturday’s mail (instead of Friday). All current print subscribers can access…
County may pull tax break
Four years after approving a tax abatement encouraging local snack maker Super-Pufft to undertake a $20 million expansion to its local plant, the Taylor County Commission has taken the first…
CEO responds to city, county
Contacted Thursday, Super-Pufft Snacks USA President/CEO Mahmoud Amrouch expressed disappointment about hearing the news the county commission may rescind its 75% tax abatement for one of the county’s largest local…
Looking for a job?
Two job fairs are scheduled next week to give those seeking employment a chance meet and talk with companies and agencies hiring locally.…
County balks at Waste Pro hike
The Taylor County Commission tabled a request made by Waste Pro seeking a 7.7% increase in the rate it charges approximately 200 commercial customers for waste collection services in the…
Blue named Teacher of the Year
A 34-year educator whose entire career has been in spent in Taylor County was named the district’s “Teacher of the Year.”…
City’s Waste Pro contract expired
The city council has delayed a decision on whether or not to renew Waste Pro’s contract for waste collection services to commercial businesses within the city limits, requesting the company…
$500,000 price tag for city’s hydrant repairs
After learning it will likely cost an estimated $500,000 to replace 78 fire hydrants rated as “poor” or “failing,” the city council has decided to hold off on hiring a…
Georgia man, 68, killed in crash
A 68-year-old Cairo, Ga., man was killed when the box truck he was driving crashed into the back of a loaded log truck Monday afternoon, Jan. 16, approximately eight miles…
New delivery date for Perry News-Herald
Due to an unavoidable schedule change with an outside printing company, the Perry News-Herald will be inserted for delivery with Saturday’s mail (instead of Friday) for the foreseeable future. All…
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